31Synonyms found for relish

Word Origin & History

relish 1530, "taste, flavor," alteration of reles "scent, taste, aftertaste," (c.1320), from O.Fr. relais, reles "something remaining, that which is left behind," from relaisser (see release). Meaning "enjoyment of the taste or flavor of something" is attested from 1649. Sense of "condiment" is first recorded 1797. The verb is attested from 1567 (implied in relished); sense of "to enjoy, take pleasure in" is from 1594.

Example Sentences for relish

When ready to eat grill, or sear quail for five minutes on each side, top with relish and serve.

Smell the perfume of flowers, taste with relish each morsel, as if tomorrow you could never smell and taste again.

She at once made herself a salad of it, and ate it with much relish.

We in the media get paid for it, as well as relish it.

Georgians have been putting this relish-type sauce on everything from biscuits to rice since colonial days.

Others, particularly audiophiles, relish in that isolation.

Relish your success and look back fondly on these days.

It is the work of a true fan-an emotional, biased observer who seems to relish his subjectivity.

Raised in a large family on a schoolteacher's salary, the writer was taught to garden, and to relish the unexpected.